{"product_id":"meritocracy-populism-and-the-future-of-democracy-paperback","title":"Meritocracy, Populism, and the Future of Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Stoesz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a meritocracy has emerged to manage national affairs, a change that means opportunity, affluence, and power have migrated away from most of the population. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing the following four points: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeography accounts for the accumulating influence of metropolitan regions, at the expense of smaller cities and rural communities of the heartland. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOccupational groups, particularly lawyers, physicians, and financiers, have constructed professional cartels to secure rents at the expense of the prosperity of the public. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThink tanks and universities have become the necessary pathways to attain leadership in public affairs. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe internationalization of commerce has contributed to a parallel network of economic institutions and think tanks sharing ideas and personnel to lobby for policies favorable to their sponsors. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStoesz connects present and past to look at the progressive-era, the history of professions, and questions of welfare state reform, post-neoliberalism, and marketization. His book will be of great interest to students of sociology, political science, public administration, social policy, history, and economics. Scholars in think tanks and universities as well as political consultants will also find it invaluable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Stoesz, \u003c\/b\u003e Ph.D., has published widely in social policy, including \u003cem\u003eQuixote's Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eThe Dynamic Welfare State\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Investment State: Charting the Future of Social Policy\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eBuilding Better Social Programs: How Evidence Is Transforming Public Polic\u003c\/em\u003ey (2020), and \u003cem\u003eWelfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). He was Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the UK in 2014 and Australia in 2017; in 2010 he was inducted into the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is the Founder and CEO of Up$tart: https: \/\/www.upstartbenefits.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727577714751,"sku":"9781032146263","price":120.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/96be86d64ca31f399e0914f3a68cf123.webp?v=1765115357","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/meritocracy-populism-and-the-future-of-democracy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}